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Poth Found Guilty of Manslaughter
A D.C. Superior Court jury today found Michael Poth, 22, of Washington, guilty of manslaughter while armed in the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old fellow Marine...
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Obama marks World AIDS Day with commitment of funds
President Barack Obama marked the 25th annual World AIDS Day by announcing a series of new funding initiatives meant to combat the virus at home...
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Business Insider reveals that D.C. car buyers are incredibly dull
Come on, D.C., seriously? Business Insider has released a map of the bestselling cars in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It’s...
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British Diver Tom Daley comes out as bisexual on YouTube
British Olympic diver Tom Daley has revealed via a YouTube video that he is in a relationship with a man. The 19-year-old athlete earned a...
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Orlando competes for same-sex honeymooners
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia now grant same-sex marriages, making LGBT honeymooners a hot commodity. With the launch yesterday of a new campaign...
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Same-sex civil marriages underway in Hawaii
Aloha, Hawaii, and welcome to the club. Hawaii joined Washington, D.C., and 14 other states in allowing marriage equality – with Illinois’s new law set...
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Montgomery Found Incompetent To Stand Trial
Gary Niles Montgomery, the Washington man accused of stabbing transgender woman Deoni Jones to death in February 2012, was today declared incompetent to stand trial...
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World AIDS Day 2013 via music
The power of music is its universal ability to express feelings and emotions in a way that touches us all on any possible subject imaginable....
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Russia’s RT airs documentary about transgender woman: “His Name Is Julia”
“I’m convinced that our thoughts materialze. If you’re afraid of something, sooner or later you’ll have to face it. There’s no point hiding. And why...
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Gay-friendly Madrid makes its mark now and later
The capital of Spain and the country’s largest city, Madrid has become a top destination for LGBT travelers. Spain’s progressive laws favoring homosexual rights and...
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The Intimate Act of Disclosure
As we approach another World AIDS Day I find myself reflecting on one of the most troubling elements in our discussion moving forward. It is...
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Conditional Success
The creators of the new musical If/Then have given D.C. theatergoers many reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving. The most obvious three: a grand return...
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Personal trainer Bob Harper comes out on “The Biggest Loser”
In a move that will surprise few and delight many, Bob Harper — a personal trainer on NBC’s The Biggest Loser — came out publicly on...
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MetroStage’s Holiday Musical Spoofing Broadway, Dickens
Last week Metro Weekly offered a roundup of many of the holiday-themed shows and events on tap this season. But there are just so many...
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LGBT Strategy To Stay the Course in Richmond
LGBT allies and advocates in Virginia say they are committed to permanently banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in public employment and...
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Alec Baldwin blames Andrew Sullivan and GLAAD rep for killing his show?
Actor and MSNBC talk show host Alec Baldwin spoke with Gothamist about recent events in which he allegedly used a gay slur against paparazi. In...
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Stand Up, Write Back
There is something electric about being in an LGBTQ space. The spark, the sizzle of energy, compassion and willingness to both question and listen fills...
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Calendar: 2014 LGBT Ski Weeks
Joey. Yard Sale. Pow Pow. Brain Bucket. Ripper. Don’t worry if you are not familiar with these ski terms, there are plenty of snow bunnies...
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Federal judge orders early issuing of marriage license to Illinois same-sex couple
A lesbian couple in Illinois will marry sooner than expected after a federal court Monday ordered a county clerk to issue a marriage license to...
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CAP Releases LGBT Detainee Report
Four days before Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, an audience at the downtown D.C. headquarters of the Center for American Progress (CAP) listened to a story that...
